Rushdie to write book for children

LONDON : India-born controversial author Salman Rushdie plans to write a book for children now.

"My next project is more than likely going to be a children's book," 61-year-old Rushdie was quoted as saying by a newspaper.

Having been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for his typically hard-going novel 'The Enchantress of Florence', Sir Rushdie is now working on something that most readers might actually finish, the paper said.

The acclaimed writer said "I wrote one (book) a good number of years ago for my eldest son, Zafar, so it only seems fair to resurrect the tradition for my 11-year-old son, Milan."

Rushdie recently won the 'Best of the Booker' award for his 1981 novel 'Midnight's Children'.